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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.






2. Analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent optimistic - most likely and pessimistic scenarios.






3. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram






4. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories






5. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units






6. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector






7. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary






8. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities






9. Identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan.






10. Narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints and a description of work that provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a co






11. Modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity. activity with a 10 day lag - cannot start until 10 days after an activity is finished






12. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract






13. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used






14. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.






15. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






16. Budgeted cost of work performed






17. Processes that organize and manage the project team






18. Information and data on the status of the project schedule activities being performed to accomplish the project work collected as part of the direct and manage project execute processes. Information includes: status of deliverables - implementation s






19. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






20. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project






21. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component






22. Budgeted cost of work scheduled






23. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project






24. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity






25. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved






26. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






27. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






28. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed






29. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






30. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component






31. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






32. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity






33. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity






34. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs






35. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






36. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






37. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data






38. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.






39. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.






40. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






41. Structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and directing the work of persons assigned to the project






42. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand






43. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes






44. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance






45. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project






46. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders






47. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule






48. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services






49. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project






50. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses